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PSYC 353 – Close Relationships – USC – Full Lecture/Reading Notes (A+ Student Notes)

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% 353

Close Relation Ships




SPRING 202 =

M .
BARON E

,Ins + ruc + 10 MS




email :
Include "PSY (353"




3 midterms ,
I final


5 discussion response



extra credit :
JEP or SONA

,Chapter 1 Introduction




·
focuses on Intimate relationships

6 components of
Intimacy
·




-


knowledge

ca
ving
-




-
interdependence

4a 11 +
+

mu
y
-




-
t rust


-
commitment



·
nature of intimacy :
mutuall +
y

-

inclusion of other on self scale




Intimacy & human nature




·
need to belong

-
drive to establish intimate connections

+ oo + hers


suffer mentally
a physically when
lacking
-




in + 1
macy

-satiation points


evolutionarily adaptive
-




-
we NEED intimacy


Environment of
Evolutionary Adaptedness

EE A


conceptual environment where
-



adaptations

· ccn v red

-
The Pleistocene Epoch & 1 .
8
mya to 10
,
000 ya


-
Hunter gather lifestyle

-

Danger ons Environment



The
Building Blocks of Relationships

·
Influence of Culture (and era)

-


dating norms


-

social norms :
gender roles I
family
S + ruc + va



-
differences between regions

Increasing Individualism
-




-

globalization/technology

-


longer cohabit = less enthusiastic about


Marr , a
ge

-
Technoference I
Phubbing
-

population :
Sex Natio (few women =
conservative)


·
Influence of Experience

-
developmental :
attachment styles

-
secure :
trusting/relaxing
-

anxious-ambivalent :
nervous/clingy

-
avoid ant :
suspicious I withdrawn

,Influence
·
of individual differences

-
Sex differences


gender differences gender roles
-
-




-
masculine -
instrumental traits

-

feminine-expressive traits

both assertive d
-androgynous warm
:




both sensitive & self reliant


(both highly masculine d feminine

-personalities : the big five traits


-
self esteem



-low self esteem
:
under estimate partner's

love less optimistic that love will last
, ,




perceive disregard where none exist
,

respond less constructively to conflict


-
Sexual Orientation



·
The influence of Human Nature


-

Evolutions -
natural & sexual selection


-

reproductive dilemmas :
Parental Investment


Paternity uncertain + y


* Evolution +
Progressing
=
adapting to local environments



·
Social Influnces

-

BIOSocial Model

-
social learning / social roles

, -
accumulation of culture


biological processes/physical endowments
-




-

Psychological mechanisms

-
pa + r ,
archy


Influence
·
of interaction

-combination of partners experiences &

+ alen + S




the dark side

-
Sometimes costly
-
distress a dealings
-

give up Independence

-

Vulnerabili +
y
-
con + 11 c tS

,Chapter 2 Research Methods & History



History of relation ship


·
Prehistoric Art


-


portrayal of fert , 11 +
y

- Ancient Egypt : affect, on shown in Statue

married
In
couples
-

unmarried female free to choose partners


and portray feminity
-

Suspection of homosexual representation


pictures of sexual activity
-




·
Aristotle (greek
-
Man is by nature a Social Animal


-
half of human-seek another half

-
3 types of relationship based on
:




utility pleasure virtue
,
,



·
Etruscan Art


of
early depiction happy relationship
-




·
Ancien + Rome

-
Roman Hedonism (brothels

women more equal

-

acknowledge Sexuality as natural drive


& impor + ant


-
lessure time (comes wh wealth)

, ·
Ancient Indian

-
Kama Su + ra

-

advice on relationship & Sex




Medieval Europe
·




-
Dichotomies :
Christianity vs . Pleasure

-religious na + ure




People

F
w , ll why +e
·
1 am




-Sociologist Studying social relations


-
Street Corner Society

Leon Festing er
·




-social pressures in informal groups

-

human factors In
housing

·
Donn Byrne
-

attitude Similarity on attraction



Rela + 1onsu , p Research


-



frequently in natural Setting

over
long periods of time
-




-
diverse sample

-
rewards and cost of intimacy


Process



1) develop question : from personal

social previous
experience , problems ,

research ,
theories




2) Sampling :
convenience sample ,


representative sample , volunteer bias



correlational
3) Choosing Study design :
,




experimental , anasi-experimental ,

developmental
:
cross-sectional ,


longitudinal , retrospective


4) choose setting : natural environment/


field studies / immersive virtual


environments (IVES)

S + ru) + u red us unstructured Situations



5) How to report data :
self reports ,


couples' reports , observations ,

ecolog,191 momentary assessment

experience sampling)
creactivity) , physiological measures ,


archival materials

, ·
Intrepre +
ingda + a



paired independent data
-

us


-
a , + . level of analysis
-
3 sources of influence

-
meta analysis




·
Evolution Analysis




what caused
the act, on


to
occur





why + ne

action occured




example :
Stickleback fish attacks anything red


proximate :
red visual one


Ultimate : to protect offspring
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